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Mozart: Piano Concertos 17 & 20
from: Virgin Classics
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0094634469623
Label: Virgin Classics
Manufacturer: Virgin Classics
MPN: 44696
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Virgin Classics
Release Date: February 07, 2006
Studio: Virgin Classics
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Rating:  - D-minor Mozart
I can see why some people won't like this, but after all Mozart did compose "Don Giovanni," and a pianist needs to approach K.466 with the opera in mind.
Even so, I've never much liked the concerto, but Anderszewski plays it with a grandeur, urgency, and lyricism that, for me anyway, transform the piece. I'd like to think that this is how Liszt would have played it, on a day when he resisted every temptation to tinker with the details.
Rating: - Great performance
After listening several times to Anderszewski's interpretations of Mozart's two piano concertos on this album this much is clear to me: his technique is impeccable, his command of music clear and firm both as a soloist and as an orchestra conductor. Nothing is coincidental here, unintentional or missed.
One may disagree with Anderszewski's interpretation of Mozart but who knows for sure how Mozart himself wanted his compositions to be played? Anderszewski's playing seems to go way beyond ... Read More
Rating:  - A disappointed fan...
Anderszewski first Mozart piano concerto CD was highly enjoyable. Although slightly contrived -a trademark of his-, his intelligent playing offered a new insight into these works. Even if one may disagree with his musical choices, Anderszewski has this ability to be interesting and worth listening to.
This time, I cannot subscribe to the concert of praise this recording is garnering: the recording itself is over present -very reverberent hall- and the orchestra cannot seem to offer any pianissimo, ... Read More
Rating: - Richard Nilsen of The Arizona Republic says....
"The hell with good taste: For all of us tired of pianists of such objectivity and refinement -- the Murray Perahias and Andras Schiffs --that you doubt there is a human being involved in the performance, we seem to be entering a new age of piano playing: Along with Leif Ove Andsness and Mikhail Pletnev, Piotr Anderszewski gives us piano playing with real personality. This is his second Mozard disc and his D-minor concerto is full-blooded and large-boned. Mozart had something to say, and Anderszewski says it: ... Read More
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